Kirk
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Kirk
Far more friendly and open than similar one-syllable names like Kent, Kurt, and Karl, it's been associated for more than half a century with actor Kirk Douglas, whose birth name was Issur Danielovitch Demsky.
Kirk is also given to girls.
Pronounced KIRK.
As of November 2026, Kirk ranked #2551 for boys in US births in 2025 and #12642 for girls in US births in 1993 SSA, peaked at #138 for boys in 1963 and #3808 for girls in 1960.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,543 | 104 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,698 | 92 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,870 | 80 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,673 | 95 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,059 | 70 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,945 | 76 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,104 | 67 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,147 | 67 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,505 | 55 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,564 | 52 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,579 | 52 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,551 | 52 | — | 0 |
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Kirk on lists
Famous Kirks
- Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky)Boy
American actor
- Kirk Thomas CameronBoy
American actor
- Kirk Dwayne FranklinBoy
American gospel musician
- Kirk Daniel CousinsBoy
American football player
- Kirk Lee HammettBoy
American musician and lead guitarist of Metallica
- Kirk Jerel Randle aka Kirko BangzBoy
American rapper
- Andre Kirk AgassiBoy
American tennis player
- Kirker ButlerBoy
American TV producer/writer
- Charles James KirkBoy
Political commentator and activist
Kirk in pop culture
- Kirk KettnerBoy
character in movie "She's out of My League"
- Kirk GleasonBoy
character on TV's "Gilmore Girls"
- Kirk LazarusBoy
character in film "Tropic Thunder"
- Kirk SutherlandBoy
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Kirk Van HoutenBoy
Milhouse's dad on TV's "The Simpsons"
- James Tiberius KirkBoy
main character in the "Star Trek" series